Since opening up about my struggles, I have received more support and strength and prayers than I could have ever imagined, and I am incredibly thankful. I am blessed to have such a strong support system in my life. However, not everyone is as accepting [...]
The People’s Rally, March, and Conference—Save Our Schools Coalition July 8-9, 2016
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:06-05:00Reverend Doctor William Barber II is the President of the North Carolina NAACP and convener of the Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ) Peoples Assembly Coalition, We are gathered here today as we the people are unified in a common cause drawn by [...]
Of Love and Blood: For People Who Like To Watch Child Abuse Porn on Social Media
Stacey Patton2016-11-29T17:39:06-05:00That’s the question a lot of folks have been asking about the latest viral video of a sweaty hulking father who punished his son for walking out of class by lacing up a pair of boxing gloves and repeatedly punching him in the chest and [...]
The People’s March For Public Education and Social Justice
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:06-05:00Save Our Schools Coalition March and Rally and Activists Conference The People’s March For Public Education and Social JusticeThe March and Rally Take Place at The Lincoln Memorial[/tile] Friday, July 8, 2016 10:30 a.m. – Pre-Rally festivities on the big stage and in [...]
I’ll Be So Proud When My Daughter is President and Runs a Corrupt Oligarchy
Kiese Laymon2016-11-29T17:39:07-05:00I want my black American daughter to be president of the United States when she grows up – and to evade, at all costs, the question of whether a president of the United States of America can be morally just. I want her to wear [...]
(Y)our N-Word
Robin Boylorn2016-11-29T17:39:09-05:00Nobody called me a nigga to my face But behind backs and closed doors I am sure I have been called every kind of n-word Especially when I excelled in systems designed for me to fail nigga Or called out bigotry and privilege in classrooms [...]
My University Studies Haven’t Saved Me From Homelessness and Hunger
Pablo Montes2016-11-29T17:39:09-05:00Food and housing insecurity do not disappear from people’s lives when they go to college. There is this damaging misconception that once you get to college – once you’re on an upwardly mobile, higher-education track – you magically have the same resources and opportunities as everyone [...]
dear (future) school official: my son will be absent
Tiffany Rose Smith2016-11-29T17:39:10-05:00By Tiffany Rose Smith | Originally Published at Rose With Words. October 27, 2015 dear (future) school official: my son will be absent because in our house we teach him to respect others, but also stand up for himself and those in need. we do not want [...]
Welcome Home
Sha Condria iCon Sibley2016-11-29T17:39:10-05:00I grew up in a house where 'I Love you' sounded a lot like broken glass and bodies crashing into one another way too hard. A house where Love was too loud and too angry for pillow talk. Love's beauty was invisible to the eye [...]